Known as “Wilt the Stilt” and the “Big Dipper,” Wilt Chamberlain was one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He scored more than 30,000 points during his professional career.Professional basketball player, businessman, author. He was born August 21, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain was a standout player at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. […]
Clifford Alexander,Jr.,the first Black Secretary of the U.S.Army. ************************************************************** In 1977, Clifford L. Alexander Jr. became the first African American Secretary of the Army. Throughout his career–as an attorney, businessman and public servant–Alexander has worked to improve living and working conditions for minorities and women. He played a role in the passage of the 1964 […]
